Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harmala alkaloid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: har-mala al-ka-loid
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various alkaloids of similar chemical structure, including harmine, harmaline, and harmalol, that function as MAOIs and are found in the seeds of Peganum harmala.

Inflected Forms

harmala alkaloids (plural)

Questions

What does harmala alkaloid mean?: Any of various alkaloids of similar chemical structure, including harmine, harmaline, and harmalol, that function as MAOIs and are found in the seeds of Peganum harmala.

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